Carlos Castano Gil

Carlos Castano Gil (16 May 1965-16 April 2004) was the founder of the far-right AUC paramilitary group alongside his brothers Fidel Castano Gil and Vicente Castano Gil.

Biography
Carlos Castano Gil was born on 16 May 1965 in Amalfi, Colombia, the son of Jesus Castano and the brother of Fidel Castano Gil and Vicente Castano Gil. The brothers founded the AUC after their prominent landowner father was kidnapped and murdered by the FARC guerrillas, and they initially served in the Colombian Army before forming the AUC (Autodefensas) paramilitary group. Carlos was against using drugs to finance the group, and he hated Pablo Escobar for his support of the M-19 communist guerrillas. In 1992, he allied with the Cali Cartel against Escobar and the communists, and he also received weapons from CIA station chief Bill Stechner. Just two months after Escobar's death, Fidel was killed by the EPL. On 16 April 2004, Castano would be killed by the EPL and interred in an unmarked grave in San Pedro de Uraba.